Lincoln - Douglas Debate :: essays research papers

Affirmative Case Introduction- "We mustiness use every beam ofdiplomacy and law we have available, while maintainingboth the capacity and the resolve to defend freedom. Wemust have the vision to explore new avenues when familiarones have the appearance _or_ semblance closed. And we must go forward with a will asgreat as our goal to build a practical peace that will stand up through the remaining years of this century and farinto the next. Because I believe so strongly in the words ofU.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, when shespoke at the Stimson nerve Event, June 10, 1998, that Iask you to affirm todays resolution, Resolved The use ofeconomic sanctions to achieve U.S. Foreign Policy goals ismoral. Before I go on, I feel it necessary to define somekey phrases in this resolution ? Economic sanctions- thedeliberate, disposal inspired withdrawal, or threat ofwithdrawal, of customary trade or financial relations."Customary" does not mean "contractual" it simply meanslevels of trade and financial activity that would probablyhave occurred in the absence of sanctions. ? To achieve- to follow through ? U.S. Foreign Policy goals- to encompass changesexpressly sought by the sender state in the politicalbehavior of the target state. ? Moral- capable of right and abuse action or of being governed by a sense of rightsubject to the law of duty. I ask you to affirm this resolutionin entrap to achieve my all-important value premise ofsocietal welfare. To make my position clear, I will definesocietal welfare as the United States governments duty toact in the nations best interest. This also refers to what themajority of the citizens want. To achieve societal welfare, Ishall utilize the criterion of case security. I will definenational security as the governments obligation to protectits citizens. It is in this way that the United Statesgovernment must proceed to achieve its greatest goal ofsocietal welfare by exercising the security of our nation.Now on to the core of the affirmative case My kickoffcontention in this debate is that sanctions aim to modifybehavior, not punish. Sanctions do not exist to ostracize orpunish, but rather they encourage a change of policy thatleads to compliance with standards of international law.One of our goals is to change or destabilize the targetsgovernment, which means to change its policies that involvehuman rights, terrorism, and nuclear nonproliferation.Others are to disrupt a relatively minor military adventureand to change the policies of the target in a major way,such as, to surrender a territory. Our goals are NOT to go